Job Description

Salary: 12.60-13.05 per hour

Grade: CD

Contract type: Fixed Term - starting as soon as possible, to 02 November 2025

Hours: 37 Hours Per Week

Location:

Whitby, North Yorkshire

Join Our Team: Cleansing and Refuse Operatives Whitby.

A driving licence is essential.

Do you enjoy working as part of a dedicated team committed to delivering high standards? We are currently seeking Cleansing and Refuse Operatives to join our teams in Whitby and Scarborough.



As a Refuse/Cleansing Operative, you will play a vital role in maintaining the cleanliness and appearance of public spaces. Working as part of a supportive team, your duties will include litter picking, emptying street bins, graffiti removal, and cleaning public conveniences. You will help ensure that our pavements, footpaths, and pedestrian areas remain clean, safe, and welcoming for residents, businesses, and visitors.



In small crews across your designated area, you will also collect residual waste, garden waste, food waste, and recyclables from domestic properties. The role involves moving bags, wheelie bins, and recycling bins, and operating a lifting mechanism to load waste into refuse vehicles. Health and safety are central to everything we do--you will assist drivers in safely navigating the streets of North Yorkshire, helping to protect both your team and the wider community.



This is a front-line role in the North Yorkshire Council, and you will be one of the key representatives of the council's commitment to quality services. Early starts and weekend working may be required to meet operational demands.



Additional responsibilities include supporting activities during flood events by distributing sandbags and assisting with the investigation of illegal waste dumping to aid fly-tipping prosecutions. You will also receive training to work behind a refuse collection truck to further support operational needs.

Key Details:

Shifts are five days per week, including one weekend day Shift times range between 6:00 am and 10:00 pm An additional 30 payment is provided for each weekend day worked

If you take pride in your work and are ready to be part of a hardworking team, we would love to hear from you.

What you will bring:

All you need is effective interpersonal and communication skills, a commitment to delivering a high-quality standard, and the ability to work with others within the team. A clean driving licence is desirable.

Working for us:

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially make life a bit easier. From career average employer contribution Local Government pension scheme, generous leave entitlements starting at 28 days increasing to 34 days after 5 years plus bank holidays, green car and cycle schemes, travel loans, shopping and gym discounts to name but a few you can find more information on the range of benefits we offer within our total rewards brochure.



For additional information, please contact Richie Sanderson via email at richie.sanderson@northyorks.gov.uk

Key Documents

Job description: Cleansing Operative.docx

Total Rewards Brochure

Key dates

Closing date: Thursday 03July 2025



Interview date: within 1 week of closing date



Start date: as soon as possible





NYC is committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.



We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.



North Yorkshire Council's purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services, we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other's contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.



North Yorkshire Council is committed to the health and safety of our employees and of others including the general public. It has a responsibility to ensure employees who hold a position that is deemed to be safety critical as it requires the performance of duties which are directly related to the safe operation or security of a facility, piece of equipment or vehicle, handling of chemicals or work at height or in confined spaces and which, if not performed properly, could result in a serious safety risk or environmental hazard to employees, a facility or the general public , do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with North Yorkshire Council will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy. For safety critical roles as detailed above, random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment.

Seasonal Cleansing Operative

Salary:

12.60 - 13.05 per hour

Posted:

23/06/2025

Closing date:

03/07/2025

Closing time:

23:59